Should You Paint Your Fireplace? Updating a fireplace can be costly. But you know what isn’t? A gallon or two of paint!

Sometimes, even despite attentive maintenance and care, brick masonry fireplaces amass a fair amount soot, mildew, and efflorescence that cumulatively dates a modern home. While a teardown of this ...

First, you should clean the brick before you begin painting it. To do this, use a wire brush and soapy water to scrub down the brick. Make sure the brick is completely dry before you begin the ...

Give a dated brick fireplace a makeover to turn an eyesore into a focal point. Freshen up a tired brick fireplace with a neutral color, a bold and unexpected shade, a whitewash, German schmear, or a ...

You face a few different issues: how to prep brick and tile so paint sticks, which paint to use and how to apply the paint evenly to such textured surfaces. There’s considerable disagreement about ...

It's taken almost 40 years, but I think Marcia is finally starting to rub off on me, just a little. And that, as Martha Stewart might say, is a very good thing. We were discussing our latest project ...

You may have seen paint transform a room before, but have you ever seen it transform a fireplace? Emily Lex purchased her home in Gig Harbor, Washington, in 2016 and has always planned for larger ...

September 17, 2011 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you're remodeling a room and the new colors don't match the brick fireplace, painting the fireplace is an ...